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Lynch, Andrew – Language Sciences, 2009
This study analyzes the variation of syllable- and word-final /s/ among two generations of Cubans in Miami, Florida (USA): older, early exile immigrants who arrived in Miami as adults in the 1960s and 1970s, and young Miami-born Cubans whose maternal and paternal grandparents immigrated to Miami from Cuba prior to 1980. Since sibilant weakening is…
Descriptors: Linguistic Borrowing, Sociolinguistics, Language Role, Foreign Countries
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Kawashima, Michiko; Prideaux, Gary D. – Language Sciences, 1992
Examines the role of a "local cue"--the grammatical aspect expressed by the verb "ru/-ta"--in Japanese temporal clauses. Ninety-six children were examined. Results show that the success of verb forms as clues requires that temporal relations be clearly expressed. This supports the claim that overt surface clues facilitate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Japanese, Language Processing, Monolingualism